Study Guide

Objective

Objective skills level is A1.1 - A1.2 (CEFR).
Students develop basic oral and written communication skills and familiarize with the main aspects of Finnish culture.
Students get basic skills in Finnish for simple communication situations in everyday life. Students can introduce themselves and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details, such as where they live, people they know, and things they have.
Students can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Content

Content

Practicing
- reading comprehension
- writing
- listening comprehension
- speaking

in/with the following contexts and structures:

Alphabet and pronunciation
Basic greetings and phrases
Personal information
Weekdays, numbers, and the clock
Weather, seasons and months
Colors and basic adjectives
Family and appearance

Personal pronouns and basic conjugation of verb types 1-5
Vowel harmony
Basics of gradation
Basic sentence types
Basic cases

Materials

Digital material: Gehring & Heinzmann: Suomen mestari 1 uudistettu (new book)
- no need to buy material - info at first lesson

Teaching methods

Weekly contact lessons.
Assignments in Moodle.

Exam schedules

Written and oral test 28.-29.11.2022 at 8-11

Further information

Content:
reading comprehension
writing
listening comprehension
speaking
in/with following contexts and structures:
Alphabet and pronunciation
Basic greetings and phrases
Personal information
Weekdays, numbers and the clock
Weather, seasons and months
Family and appearance
Housing and living
Personal pronouns and basic conjugation of verb types 1-5
Basic sentence types
Basic cases

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Grade 0
Student
· does not reach the objectives of the study unit or does not complete or pass the compulsory assignments

Grade 1
Student
· knows a few very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type
· can briefly introduce him/herself

Grade 2
Student
· recognizes some very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type
· can briefly introduce him/herself
· can react to some very basic and clearly expressed questions about personal details such as where he/she lives

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Grade 3
Student
· recognizes some familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type
· can briefly introduce him/herself and others
· can ask and answer some questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows, and things he/she has with assistance


Grade 4
Student
· can understand and use some familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type
· can introduce him/herself and others
· can ask and answer some questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has
· can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student
· can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type
· can introduce him/herself and others
· can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has
· can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous learning:
graded assignments, in total max 70 points
approved/failed assignments, min 80 % approved

Final exam:
Oral test, 10 points (minimum 5 points to pass)
Written exam, 20 points (minimum 10 points to pass)

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Grade 0
Student…
· does not reach the objectives of the study unit or does not complete or pass the compulsory assignments

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Grade 2
Student…
· recognizes some very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type
· can briefly introduce him/herself
· can react to some very basic and clearly expressed questions about personal details such as where he/she lives
Grade 1
Student…
· knows few very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type
· can briefly introduce him/herself

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Grade 3
Student…
· recognizes some familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type
· can briefly introduce him/herself and others
· can ask and answer some questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has with assistance

Grade 4
Student…
· can understand and use some familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type
· can introduce him/herself and others
· can ask and answer some questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has
· can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student…
· can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type
· can introduce him/herself and others
· can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has
· can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.